Browsing Posts published in September, 2011

Reading Time: < 1 minuteRead the full story on: http://www.vladan.fr/vmware-vcenter-converter-standalone-5-0-final-available/ The VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0 includes the following new functionality: Full supporto of vSphere 5. Optimized disk and partition alignment and cluster size change. Preserving the LVM configuration on the source machine during Linux conversions. Enhanced synchronization including options for scheduling synchronization tasks and performing multiple synchronization tasks in a conversion job. Conversion data is encrypted between the source and the server. Restoring VCB images.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter the recent change in the certification path for VCP4-DT I’ve got some doubts about the future of the VCA-DT certification (if is no more required for other *-DT certifications, why take it?). But seems that this kind of certification will remain also in new 5 release (based on View 5 and vSphere 5), because some rumors give the possible release date of new DT certifications: VCA5-DT (estimated availability late 2011) VCP5-DT (estimated availability early 2012) About the VCAP-DT certification, still there isn’t any official news, both for the v4 and, of course, the v5.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteVMware Education has decided to make enhancements to the Desktop Virtualization Certification Program. Effective immediately, VMware Certified Associate 4 – Desktop (VCA4-DT) certification is not a pre-requisite for the VMware Certified Professional 4 – Desktop (VCP4-DT) exam. For the new path see the official VCP-DT page. All other requirements for the Desktop Certification Program remain the same: for the VCAP-DT certification (still no news about it and when the beta will start) require the VCP-DT (and also the VCP certification, but this was already required for the VCP-DT). Why of this change? Maybe because there […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesFor a list of all objectives see the VCP5 page. Objective 4.4 – Administer Virtual Machines and vApps See also: VCP 5 Objective 4.4 – Administer Virtual Machines and vApps. Identify files used by virtual machines (same as vSphere 4.x) See the vSphere Virtual Machine Administration Guide (page 9). Identify locations for virtual machine configuration files and virtual disks (same as vSphere 4.x) By default all related VM’s files are in a folder (and the name of this folder is usually the initial VM name). But vmdk can simple created or relocated (with a Storage Migration) […]

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